RTHK to replace BBC World Service Radio with state-run Mandarin-language station

Public broadcaster RTHK is to end its 24-hour relay of BBC radio in favour of a state-run Mandarin-language station.

From September 4, China National Radio Hong Kong Edition will replace the BBC World Service on AM Radio 6. However, eight hours of the BBC’s global station will still be relayed live between 11pm and 7am each day on Radio 4.

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